Biology:Novodinia americana
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Short description: Species of starfish
| Novodinia americana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Brisingida |
| Family: | Brisingidae |
| Genus: | Novodinia |
| Species: | N. americana
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| Binomial name | |
| Novodinia americana (Verrill, 1880)[1]
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Novodina americana is a species of starfish found off the coast of Greenland. A 2018 study of deep-water starfish species found that N. americana was both bioluminescent and, unexpectedly for an inhabitant of the aphotic zone, to have eyes that have among the highest resolutions found this far among starfish.[2]
Feeding Behaviors
Studies have found that the Novodinia americana is a carnivorous filter feeder that ingests benthopelagic crustaceans (primarily copepods).[3]
References
- ↑ Clark, A.M.; Downey, M.E. (1992). "Novodinia americana (Verrill, 1880)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178261.
- ↑ Birk, M. H.; Blicher, M. E.; Garm, A. (2018). "Deep-sea starfish from the Arctic have well-developed eyes in the dark". Proc. R. Soc. B 285 (1872). doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2743. PMID 29436504.
- ↑ Gale, Katie S. P.; Hamel, Jean-François; Mercier, Annie (2013-10-01). "Trophic ecology of deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from eastern Canada". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 80: 25–36. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.016. ISSN 0967-0637. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0967063713001143.
Wikidata ☰ Q3268034 entry
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